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PBO GESS OF PORMING LETTERS-OR OTHER DESIGNS ON CARDBOARD.

No. 522,442. Pat'ented July 3,1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

C'ONSTANTINE D. VAS'SILIAD'ES, OF NEWYORIQN. Y.

PROCESS OF FORMING LETTERSOR OTHER DESIGNS 0N CARDBOARD.

SPECIFICATION form ng 198 4? of Letters Patent No. 522,442, dated July 3, 1894. Application filed October 12,1893I Serial No. 488,008. (Specimens.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONSTANTINE D. VAS- SILIADES, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of New York, in the county of'New York and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Ima cross section with a die in position thereon.

In carrying out my process I take a sheet A of card board, of the desired and usually with a water proof surface B, and place thereon a sheet D, of paper from which the letter is to be formed. I new subject the paper sheet'A to the action of a character-die- E, namely one adapted to produce the desired character, under heat and pressure. The edges of this die E which conform to the outline of the desired character, are made sharp now tear away the remaining and surplus por- 3 5 tion of the paper around the die, leaving the desired character upon the card board.

The paper which I generally employ is of a contrasting color to the surface of the card board, and may be enameled, which manio festlyenhances the effect of the character formed therefrom. I also usually construct the die E, to emboss the two sheets A, D, so as to impart to the character the effect of intaglio or relief. a 4 5 By my process as set forth I am enabled to produce a sign or other like article of a superior finish at a comparatively low cost.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 50 The herein described process of forming signs from paper consisting of placing upon a sheet of bristol board provided with a water-proof enamel which will soften under the efiect of heat, a sheet of thin paper of a contrasting color, provided with a gloss which is unaffected by heat and then under the combined influence of heat and pressure simultaneously cutting said thin sheet in lines conforming to the letter or character to be cut, and forcing the said letter or character to adhereto the enamel board, and then removing the surplus portion as set forth.

CONSTANTINE D. VASSILIADES. 

